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REPCRT  ON  OFFICER'S  DOTIES  IN  REGARDS  TO  OSWALD'S  MURDER 
C.  N.  DHORTTI  - #U76 

Sunday,  November  21*,  1963,  about  9:30  AK,  Capt,  Fritz  directed  Dets.  J.  R. 
Lea velle , L.  C.  Graves  and  myself  to  go  to  the  fifth  floor  jail  and  bring  Lee 
Harvey  Oswald  to  his  office.  We  brought  Oswald  to  Captain  Fritz's  office, 
where  he  was  interrogated  by  Capt.  Fritz,  Hr.  Kelly  of  the  Secret  Service, 

Mr.  Sorrels  of  the  Secret  Service,  and  Mr.  Holmes  of  the  Postal  Department. 

They  talked  to  Oswald  until  about  11:10  AM.  Chief  Curry  came  into  Capt. 

Fritz's  office  when  the  interrogation  was  going  on.  At  the  end  of  the  in- 
terrogation, Capt.  Fritz  gave  me  the  keys  to  his  car,  and  told  me  to  park 
it  along  the  door  from  the  jail  office  in  the  basement.  I went  to  the  base- 
ment and  unlocked  Capt.  Fritz's  car  and  proceeded  to  drive  the  car  into  -the 
driveway.  There  was  a plain  black  police  car  in  front  of  me,  and  the  officers 
who  I could  not  recognize,  drove  this  car  up  the  ramp  to  Main  Street  exit.  I 
was  backing  Capt.  Fritz's  car  in  front  of  the  jail  office,  and  was  having 
trouble  getting  through  the  news  reporters  that  had  jammed  the  ramp  driveway. 
While  I was  backing,  up,  I was  turned  around  in  the  seat  looking  back  to  keep 
from  running  over  the  reporters.  Capt.  Fritz  came  out  of  the  jail  door, 
followed  by  Det.  J.  R.  Leavelle  handcuffed  to  Oswald.  Det.  L.  C.  Graves 
was  to  Oswald's  left.  They  were  walking  to  the  car  while  I was  still  moving 
the  car  back.  Capt.  Fritz  opened  the  right  rear  door  of  the  car  I was  driving, 
and  I noticed  a man  move  quickly  across  the  right  rear  of  the  car.  This  man 
moved  to  Oswald  and  shot.  I recognized  this  man  as  Jack  Ruby,  a man  I had 
seen  a few  times  before  in  previous  years.  When  Ruby  shot,  Det.  Graves  grabbed 
the  pistol  Ruby  had  in  his  hand.  The  crowd  of  reporters  closed  in  with  the 
police  officers,  and  I jumped  out  of  the  car,  and  went  into  the  jail  office. 


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The  officers  had  Ruby,  and  Det.  Leavelle  was  being  unhandcuffed  from  Oswald. 
Capt.  Fritz  directed  me  to  return  to  the  basement  and  have  the  Supervisor 
Officer  to  obtain  the  names  of  everyone  in  the  basement.  I went  to  Capt.  C.  E. 
Talbert  and  gave  him  Capt.  Fritz's  message.  I then  moved  Capt.  Fritz's  car 
out  of  the  driveway  where  the  ambulance  could  get  to  the  jail  office.  When 
the  ambulance  came,  I rode  in  the  ambulance  with  Oswald  to  Parkland  Hospital. 

I stayed  at  Parkland  Hospital  until  Oswald  was  pronounced  dead.  Det.  C.  ¥. 
Brown  and  I went  with  Oswald's  body  to  the  morgue  where  we  waited  until  Dr. 
Farl  Rose  made  his  preliminary  pictures  of  the  body  prior  to  the  autopsy. 

I turned  over  Oswald's  clothing  to  Dr.  Earl  Rose,  and  returned  to  the  Homicide 
Office  in  the  City  Hall  approximately  5*30  PM.  I stayed  in  the  Homicide 
Office  with  Mr.  Stewart  and  went  through  the  property  of  Oswald.  I made 
copies  of  letters  and  identification  from  Oswald's  property  for  Mr.  Stewart. 

T also  made  copies  of  all  the  affidavits  that  had  been  taken  by  the  Homicide 
Office  and  Sheriff' s Office  for  Mr.  Sorrells  of  the  Secret  Service.